Hastings Local Plan Pre-Submission Version 2023-2041 (Regulation 19) September 2026
8. Part five - Monitoring Comment
8.1Monitoring criteria for the local plan.
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Thematic Area |
Policy link |
Indicator |
Target / benchmark |
Objective |
Principal source |
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Spatial strategy / land |
SP1; HA1 |
Net dwellings completed on previously developed land and greenfield land, number and percentage |
Maximise PDL delivery; report annual and cumulative split. |
O1, O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
|
Housing delivery |
SP2; HA1; allocations |
Net additional dwellings completed, annual and cumulative. |
At least 2,970 net homes 2023-2041. |
O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
|
Affordable housing |
SP2; ID1 |
Net affordable homes completed, by tenure and type. |
Maximise annual and cumulative delivery |
O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
|
Accessible housing |
SC2 |
Qualifying homes approved and completed to required accessible/adaptable standards and NDSS. |
Maximise policy compliance. |
O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
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Self/custom build |
H4 |
Permissions and completions for self-build/custom-build plots compared with register demand. |
Sufficient permissions to meet demand. |
O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
|
Gypsies and Travellers |
SP2; H5; GT allocations |
Permanent pitches permitted and completed. |
12 permanent pitches by 2041. |
O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
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Employment |
SP3; E1; allocations |
Net employment floorspace completed and lost. |
Net new employment floorspace by 2041; no loss contrary to policy. |
O3 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
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Skills and local labour |
E2; ID1 |
Qualifying schemes with agreed Local Skills Development Plan/local labour and procurement agreement, and completion statement. |
Agreed outputs delivered or explained. |
O3, O5 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
|
Town centres |
SP4; E3 |
Main town-centre-use floorspace permitted/completed within the centre hierarchy; vacancy rate. |
100% location-policy compliance. |
O3 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
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Biodiversity |
SP8; SC10 |
Qualifying permissions and completions achieving required biodiversity net gain, including on-site/off-site split. |
100% achieve policy-required percentage. |
O1 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
|
Urban greening |
SC13 |
Major schemes meeting or exceeding the applicable Urban Greening Factor. |
100% achieve policy benchmark. |
O1, O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
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Climate mitigation |
SP5; SC3 |
Major schemes with compliant Energy Strategy Report. |
100% policy compliance |
O1 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
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Water efficiency |
SC3 |
New homes and qualifying non-residential development meeting policy water-efficiency standard. |
100% policy compliance |
O1 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
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Coastal change |
SP9; SC17 |
Applications and permissions in the Coastal Change Management Area. |
Zero new residential permissions; 100% policy-compliant assessments. |
O1 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
|
Land Stability |
SC15; SC18 |
Schemes on potentially unstable land with required investigation and completed remediation/stability measures. |
Number of permission granted within LARA areas. |
O1, O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
|
Heritage at risk |
SP7; SC5-SC8 |
Number and condition of heritage assets at risk, including assets removed from/added to registers. |
Net reduction in assets at risk. |
O3, O4 |
HBC planning monitoring. |
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Infrastructure delivery |
SP12; ID1; site policies |
IDP projects and site-specific infrastructure delivered against programme and occupation triggers. |
Infrastructure delivered by required trigger; annual progress on all priority schemes. |
O5 |
Infrastructure Funding Statement and IDP |
|
Developer contributions |
ID1 |
Financial and in-kind obligations secured, received, allocated, spent and overdue |
No overdue obligation without action; spend within legal time limits and for specified purpose |
O5 |
Infrastructure Funding Statement |
